Washing-machine.



H. G. SOHM.

WASHING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC.11,1915.

1,1 99,1 25., Patnt-ed Sept. 26, 191

l 5 Q h m l vil'wcooeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFI.

HENRY G. SOHM. OF CONNELL. WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Application filed December 11, 1915.

To a?! whom it may (ram-(awn Be it known that I, Hnxnr G. Sonar, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connell, in the county of Franklin and State of ll'ashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new improvements in washing machines and my object is to provide a-reciprocating agitator and position the same within the receptacle in such manner that it may be swung back and forth within the receptacle;

A further object is to provide means for holding the garments to be washed in engagement with the agitator.

A further object is to provide meansfor preventing the garments from becoming entangled or bunched upon the agitator. And a further object is to provide means for causing air to be forced through the garments as they are being washed.

Other objects and ad 'antages will be here: inafter set forth and more )articularly pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompany drawings which are made a part of this pplication. Figi'ire 1 is a longitudinal sectional view-- through the washing machine as seen on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. and Fig. 2 is a sectional view as seen on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the body or receptacle of the machine. the side walls 2 of which are preferably formed of wood. while the bottom and end walls 3 and 4 respectively are preferably formed of sheet metal. said body being supported upon a frame The top wall 6 is likewise preferably formed of wood and provided with an opening 7, said opening being normally closed by a cover 8, one edge of which is secured to the top wall adjacent one end of the body by means of hinges 9 so that the cover can readily be swung to an open or closed position without entirely removing the cover from engagement with the receptacle.

Extending into the interior of the body 1 is an agitator 10 comprising a cross arm Specification of Letters Patent.

and useful I *atented Sept. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 66,279.

11 and vertical arms 12, the vertical arms extending upwardly through slots 13 in the edges of the cover 8 and are provided with eyes lito receive pins 15 by means of which the agitator is pivotally secured to the cover and in view ofthe elongated formation of the slots 13 the agitator may swing back and forth within the receptacle. The extreme upper ends of the vertical arms 12 are piv otally secured to links 16, the opposite ends of said links being pivotally secured to a handle bar 17, said handle bar being normally supported in a horizontal position above the washing machine by means of a reach bar 18, the upper end of which is connected to the handle bar and its lower end secured to the base portion of the frame 5 by means of a hinge 19.

In order to hold the garments in engagement with the cross arm 11 of the agitator, a clamping bar 20 is positioned edgewise immediately above the cross arm 11, the ends of the clamping bar being given a half turn to formhorizontalears 21 which engage the vertical arms12 of the agitator and slide thereon. The clamping bar 20 is normally held in its initial position by introducing springs 22 around the vertical arms 12 and between the cars 21 and collars 23 attached to the arms, the tension ofthe springs 22 being such as to direct downward pressure on the clamping bar at all times.

In order to prevent the garments from becoming entangled around the cross arm and clamping bar, strands of wire 24 or other suitable material are attached at their lower ends to the upper edgeof the clamping bar and at their upper ends to a cross bar 25, said cross bar being likewise slidably mounted at its ends upon'the verticaharms 12, the strands 24 forming a screen between the vertical arms. The clamping bar 20 and parts attached thereto are moved away from the cross bar ll in order to introduce garments therebetween or to remove the garments, by means of a pull rod 26 which extends downwardly through the cover 8 and is attached to the cross bar 25 so that when an upward pull is given the rod, the springs 22 will be depressed and the clamping bar moved away from the cross arm.

Attached to the end walls of the body portion 1 are horizontally extending downwardly inclined battle plates 27 which are spaced apart to form air chambers 28 so that when the garments are swung to the end of the stroke of'the agitator, the water entering the chambers will force the air outclamping bar is released and is forced against the garments by the springs 22 with su'liicient pressure to hold the garments on the cross bar, when the cover 8 is lowered to its closed position, thus disposing the agitator and garments carried thereby into the water within the receptacle. The operator then grasps the handle bar 17 and imparts a rocking motion to the reach bar 18 which Will result in swinging the cross bar 11 from end to end of the receptacle 1, this opera tion beingv continued until the garments are properly cleansed. The cover 8 is then again swung to its open position and the clamping bar released from the garments and the garments removed from engagement with the cross bar.

By securing the, garnients to the cross bar which is suspended a distance above the bottom Wall 3 of the receptacle the garments will be more readily cleansed as the water and air will have a better chance to pass through the garments and likewise by providing the screen member above'the cross bar the garments will be prevented from entanglement over the cross arm during the washing operation. It will likewise be seen that by placing the handle bar in the position shown and attaching the same to the reach bar and upper ends of the vertical arms, the amount of energy required to swing the agitator within the receptacle will be reduced to a minimum.

Havingthus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is In a Washing machine, the combination with a receptacle and a cover therefor, of

an agitator comprising a horizontal cross.

arm and integral vertically extending arms,

means to pivot-ally secure said vertically extending arms to the cover, a flat clamping bar extended edgewise above said cross arm, the ends of said. clamping barbeing turned at right angles to the remainder of the bar to form ears, said ears being slidably engaged with said vertical arms, a cross bar slidably mounted on said vertical armsabove said clamping bar, collars fixed to said vertical arms below said cross bar, springs surrounding said vertical arms between said collars and said ears adapted to direct down- 7 HENRY c. SDI-1M.

Vtitnesses i LOGAN L. LONG,

OTTO C. ULRICH.

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